Where does “laktaasinpuutos” come from?

laktaasinpuutos (Finnish) comes from Finnish puutos, from Finnish puuttua, from Proto-Finnic puuttudak — to catch (onto), snag, get caught in/on.

laktaasinpuutos (Finnish): lactase deficiency

Definitions

  1. lactase deficiency

Ancestry of “laktaasinpuutos”, step by step

laktaasinpuutos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puutos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutosdeficiency
2Finnishpuuttuato be missing; "inanimate thing in elative" or...
3Proto-Finnicpuuttudakto catch (onto), snag, get caught in/on

via Finnish laktaasi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaktaasilactase
Every word from Proto-Finnic puuttudak →Every word from Finnish puuttua →Every word from Finnish puutos →